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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fort Washington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Washington and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Fort Washington:
- 40.140661, -75.202091
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Fort Washington
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Fort Washington is near Philadelphia County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Fort Washington
Communities Also Named Fort Washington ...
We found two communities that are also named Fort Washington.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Fort Washington is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- This Fort Washington is located in Prince George's County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fort Washington that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Fort Washington.
- New York
- New York County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Fort Washington [New York County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Washington ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Blue Bell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Broad Axe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Carpenters Way
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carpenters Way is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Way
- Dublin Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dublin Chase is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Chase
- Dublin Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dublin Crossing is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Crossing
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Flourtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hill Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hill Crest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Crest
- Hillside ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hillside is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Maple Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Glen Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maple Glen Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Glen Hollow
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Pheasant Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pheasant Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Knoll
- Rose Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rose Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
- Saw Mill Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saw Mill Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Mill Valley
- Spring House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnybrook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunnybrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Three Tuns
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Valley Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Valley Green is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- Village Circle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Village Circle is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Circle
- Wooded Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wooded Pond is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Pond
How Far From Fort Washington to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fort Washington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fort Washington and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Fort Washington to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 130 miles [209.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,768 miles [9,282.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,350 miles [7,000.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Washington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Fort Washington could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Fort Washington to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Washington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1407, Longitude: -75.2021 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.709 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.294 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.431 degrees. |
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